The speculative fiction award season is underway, and results of one of the major awards, the Locus, has been announced at this weekend’s Locus Awards Weekend in Seattle, Washington. After this year’s uproar over the Hugo Awards, it’s great to see a mix of excellent books get their due reward.

At the top of the list was Ancillary Sword for Science Fiction novel, The Goblin Emperor for Fantasy Novel, Half A King for YA novel and The Memory Garden for Debut Novel.